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Rian Johnson Says ‘I Don’t’ Agree With Netflix CEO Over Movie Theater Model Being ‘Outdated’: I Want ‘Knives Out 3’ in ‘Many Theaters For as Long as Possible’ (variety.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

but for a second line gaffer, or for a craft services worker, the cinema time might be their entire livelihood for the year.

I seriously doubt those members of the crew are paid based on box office success. Pumping out more movies for streaming should increase the number of movies that are available to work on.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Their union fought extremely hard to get distribution shares from box office runs in the 00s and its still part of their collective contract. It's an extremely meager share, but it's still where their financial stability comes from. Yeah there's more jobs available if more shovel movies in production all the time, but that doesn't get them more stability, it aligns them closer to day laborers. The IATSE Local 44 (who most of hollywood's studios' workers of this variety are represented by) are expected to strike in 2027 because they don't get as much from streaming films as box office films.